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The eradication of adobe flash dress-up games directly led to the creation of NFT's.

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Was helping a friend move and found these... the mouse pad haunts my nightmares.

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Was helping a friend move and found these... the mouse pad haunts my nightmares.

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Telling the song “shut up” right before you skip it >>>

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we were so right when we invented the concept of friendship bracelets and wedding bands and the like. just matchy stuff in general. to feel this piece of jewelry on your skin and to fidget with it, a physical reminder of your connection with this other person who’s so important to you. to know they’re also wearing the other half of the pair, or group of 3 or more, because they love you too…

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Greyhound Mug // MisterBlackJack

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A collection of cats from southern utahs petfinder

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“If you love your cat, keep Fluffy indoors.“

These were environmentalist and former Scarborough city councillor Glenn De Baeremaeker’s words to Toronto City Council Wednesday as a city committee discussed a plan that could prohibit cat owners from allowing felines to roam freely outdoors.

The motion, moved by Councillor for Ward 17 - Don Valley North Shelley Carroll, is rooted in the belief outdoor cats can be a danger to local ecosystems, hunting bird and rodent populations, and are themselves at risk of being hit by vehicles or attacked by wildlife while roaming.

Currently, city staff are proposing bylaws be changed to prohibit pet owners from allowed their pet to roam “at large” in the city, with the exception of cats and domesticated pigeons. Carroll wants to scrub cats from the exception with her motion, while still permitting pigeons to remain at large. Under the proposed bylaw, cats would still be allowed outdoors while on leash.

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congratulations piracy

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Pictured above is one of the ravens of Masada, in Israel.

Today is Tisha B’Av, the ultimate day of mourning in the Jewish calendar. It’s a cursed day, set in the blazing maw of summer. On this day, over the millennia, the following has happened to the People of Israel:

1. The destruction of the first Temple in Jerusalem, built by King Solomon, was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar and the Babylonians in 587 BCE. Thus began the initial exile of the Jews from their homeland.

2. The second Temple in Jerusalem, rebuilt by Nehemia and Ezra, was destroyed by the Romans in 70 CE. Jerusalem was razed, and the Jewish people were scattered, exiled once more. This was the beginning of the Diaspora.

3. The Jewish revolt of Bar Kokhbah in 132 CE against the Romans was crushed. Roman commander, Turnus Rufus, plowed the site of the destroyed second Temple and the immediate area around it.

4. The fall of the desert fortress of Masada - the last Jewish stronghold left after the Roman invasion of Israel. The Jews of Masada committed mass suicide, preferring honourable death to being captured and enslaved.

5. The first Crusade began on Tish B’Av in 1096. 10,000 Jews were killed in the first month, obliterating Jewish communities in France and the Rhineland. The total number of Jewish lives taken by the end of the first crusade was 1.2 million.

6. The Jews of England were expelled on Tish B’Av in 1290.

7. The Jews of France were expelled on Tish B’Av in 1306.

8. The Jews of Spain were expelled on Tish B’Av in 1492.

9. On Tish B’Av in 1941, SS Commander Heinrich Himmler received the formal approval from the Nazi Party to commence the ‘Final Solution’, resulting in the capture and slaughter of nearly 50% of the world’s Jews.

10. On Tish B’Av in 1942, the liquidation and deportation of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto to Treblinka death camp took place.

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we all know bees is a classic, but with so many options, how will you choose your surprise theme for your next piñata party?

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today i sprained my foot in the worse way possible. i slipped on a yugioh card in my room (a bunch actually since i was sorting them). this is it. yugioh will be the death of me

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God, I can't tell you how much the "there's not enough enrichment in my enclosure" joke has helped my mental health. Because, for some reason I can't comprehend, pretending that I'm a zoo keeper caring for an animal (which is also me) just makes everything easier to comprehend. Like "Your head gets screwey when you're apartment is messy" just doesn't carry as much resonance as "The tiger becomes agitated when its enclosure is cluttered" because then I'll be like, no shit? The tiger? I've gotta keep things nice and clean for the tiger.

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i wonder if actors ever get their scripts and are like

well this is fucking stupid

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are you gay

I want a lawyer